What are the Praxis Core exams? The Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exams measure academic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Reading, writing, and mathematics are essential skills for all candidates preparing to be teachers for all grade levels… Continue Reading
What is the SAT exam? The SAT exam is used by most colleges and universities to consider an application for admission. College admissions officers will review the standardized test scores as well as high school exam results, school subjects, letters… Continue Reading
What is the LSAT exam? The LSAT (Law School Admission Test) exam is used as admission criteria for institutes of higher learning. What is the difference between the LSAT exam and the SAT exam? The LSAT exam is primarily for… Continue Reading
What is a sentence? A sentence is an ordering of language. This ordering of components of a sentence is called ‘Syntax.’ A sentence is a grammatically correct idea or words that say one complete thing. All sentences have a subject,… Continue Reading
An overview of conjunctions Conjunctions unite words, phrases, and clauses. A simple example is ‘salt and pepper.’ The word ‘and’ is like the glue that joins salt with pepper. The most commonly used conjunctions are and, but, or. Coordinating conjunctions… Continue Reading
An overview of prepositions A preposition is a word governing, usually preceding, a noun or pronoun expressing a relationship to another word or phrase in the clause. There are 150 prepositions in English, about 25-50 are necessary for basic comprehension. There… Continue Reading
Introduction to modifiers: Articles, Adjectives, and Adverbs Introduction to Adjectives Adjectives change and describe things (nouns), in other words, they allow for a detailed description. For example, an apple could be described as ‘a green old apple’. The apple has… Continue Reading
English Phonetics and Phonology Paperback with Audio CDs by Peter Roach A Practical Course 4th Edition Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, this course has established itself as the most practical, comprehensive text in the field and become… Continue Reading
Language learning should be fun Learning a new language can seem too complicated; however, you can learn any language in an incredibly short time without being gifted in languages. Language learning should be fun and is faster and easier when… Continue Reading
The History of English from its Celtic Origin Three thousand years ago, the English language would have been incomprehensible. Around the 10th century, English first began to solidify into something that would be comprehensible as we know English today. Today… Continue Reading
